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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)
& just digging
experimental reconstruction


Conferences

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)
comparing excavated sites


Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British
experimental archaeology

more comparative studies

Crafts

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection